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EU Cancels Funding for UK Researchers in Ongoing Brexit Fallout
More than 100 grants previously approved for applicants in Britain have been scrapped amid a continuing dispute over the UK’s refusal to fully implement trade arrangements made when the country left the European Union.
EU Cancels Funding for UK Researchers in Ongoing Brexit Fallout
EU Cancels Funding for UK Researchers in Ongoing Brexit Fallout

More than 100 grants previously approved for applicants in Britain have been scrapped amid a continuing dispute over the UK’s refusal to fully implement trade arrangements made when the country left the European Union.

More than 100 grants previously approved for applicants in Britain have been scrapped amid a continuing dispute over the UK’s refusal to fully implement trade arrangements made when the country left the European Union.

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